Table 5 Ventricular functions (EF), duration of mechanical ventilation (h), postoperative need of inotropes, auto-re-beat ratio, length of ICU stay (days), length of hospital stay (days), postoperative AF
Ventricular functions (EF%) | Control group (n= 25) | Study group (n= 25) | ttest | pvalue |
Intraoperative by TEE | 53.42 ± 5.70 | 58.46 ± 4.92 | 3.347 | 0.002* |
Postoperative by TTE | 52.47 ± 3.42 | 57.51 ± 4.56 | 4.421 | < 0.001** |
Length of mechanical ventilation (h) | Control group (n= 25) | Study group (n= 25) | ttest | pvalue |
Mean ± SD | 12.16 ± 3.50 | 10.83 ± 2.92 | 1.291 | 0.078 |
Post-operative need of inotropes | Control group (n= 25) | Study group (n= 25) | χ2 | pvalue |
Needed | 23 (92%) | 20 (80%) | 0.664 | 0.415 |
Not needed | 2 (8%) | 5 (20%) | ||
Auto-re-beat ratio | Control group (n= 25) | Study group (n= 25) | χ2 | pvalue |
Auto-re-beat | 12 (48%) | 18 (72%) | 6.083 | 0.048* |
The rest | 13 (52%) | 7 (28%) | ||
Length of ICU stay (days) | Control group (n= 25) | Study group (n= 25) | ttest | pvalue |
Mean ± SD | 3.05 ± 1.14 | 2.18 ± 1.16 | 2.675 | 0.011* |
Length of hospital stay (days) | Control group (n= 25) | Study group (n= 25) | ttest | pvalue |
Mean ± SD | 9.16 ± 2.28 | 7.62 ± 2.32 | 2.367 | 0.022* |
Postoperative AF | Control group (n= 25) | Study group (n= 25) | χ2 | pvalue |
Yes | 10 (40%) | 5 (20.0%) | 3.481 | 0.027* |
No | 15 (60%) | 20 (80.0%) |